I heard this from RTIS250 and it makes sense.

In japan the driver sits on the right side, so the weight from the driver will eventually makes it a even drop. But when they made the USDM models they didnt change the design so the car still leans to the left. It makes sense to me... but might not be the real answer

 

if you want to save money, get springs and call it a day. on the other hand if you have a little more cheddar to spend pick up a set of sway bars while your at it; it's a night and day difference when you add a set of sways. i on the other hand went with tanabe and hotchkis sways (like i said night and day couldn't be happier).

 

i thought it had to do with the battery being on the extreme drives side of those cars...
take the battery out, leave the car overnight, and it evens out, at least mine did the one time i had to do that

stock shocks are fine for most MILD lowering applications...eibach will be fine, soft "super low" lowering springs that give 1.75-2"+ are the ones that tend to prematurely kills oem shocks...

 

we lean cuz were just a bunch of fat americans and when you drive solo alot you wear out that side of the shocks

 

Hey! I resemble that remark!

 

No one can give me a complete explanation of it. It has nothing to do with the car being USDM or JDM. It's just something that's apparent.

BTW The 2IS was introduced into the world as a LHD, then RHD variants showed up shortly after. Same for the IS-F, the 3GS and etc. Mind you Lexus was an American idea, all the concepts are usually geared first for the US.

 

IF your not sure..

You should definitely come out to some meets.

And decide what type of drop you are looking for.

Do you want your drop decided for you (springs)?

Or do you want to customize the drop to your specifics (coils)?

It's all about give and take

BTW, if you want to see a slammed car, come out to that torrence meet, I wanna go this week

 

Don't forget to remind me!

 

my $0.02 on the coilovers vs. springs debate.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=11

 

I totally i agree with you...i mean i'm not going to change my ride height everyday, my car is my daily driving car...im looking at the F spring, coz of the warranty...

I TOTALLY MADE UP MY MIND... IM GOING TO STICK WITH THE SPRING...

 

LOL... did you sign up? I didn't see you on the list. Where do you live?

Back to the topic... I think most ppl who ask for others opinion about getting springs or coilovers are leaning towards getting just the springs. They want to have coilovers but afraid of wasting too much money on suspension and not fully utilize coilover's adjustability. More than 50% of the ppl will recommend getting springs only because that's what they have.

I put Tein S-Tech springs on my IS300 when it had 35k miles, I sold the car at 55k miles, after a few month the guy who bought my car called me and told me that his shocks are gone, at around 58k. I also had experience with putting lowering springs on OEM shocks to my E36 M3, SC400, Mazda MX6, and my friend's E46 325i, and they all ended up with new shocks after a certain period of time. I'm not interested in getting into the debate of which setup is better, just want to share my experience with everyone. If I post a thread about "springs vs coilover" on my Audi S4 forum, I'll probably be flamed to death

 

jics coilovers have adjustable camber!

besides the spring rates on the springs out for our car are not that bad so you can use your oem shocks.. if you want to be safe get the F sport setup.. but IMO coilovers FTW.. i have springs and they stink lol

as for tire wear your SOL.. the tires on stock suspension (potenzas, turanzas) give out at like 15-20k anywayss.. so imagin when you lower the car guess how much money your gonna spend on tires

 

No coilover will ever adjust camber on any IS ever made. It is physically impossible.

 

Listen to what he said!

 

[QUOTE=llamaboiz;3645135]we lean cuz were just a bunch of fat americans and when you drive solo alot you wear out that side of the shocks

Thats the issue. you have chronic weight weoght distribution asymmetry that creates more settling in the springs on the drivers side. The bigger you are the more asymmetry you will have. I am 6'5" and 300lbs. I have my 3GS dropped on tein h techs and I have the lean as well. I am getting coilovers this week to resolve the problem. Another cheaper option would be to simply have the shop rotate the springs right to left and BOOM you have an even drop and saved alot of money. The added advantage for the coilovers is to be able to add some handling performance as well as to be able to custom set the drop.